Jeff "Tain" Watts


Jeff "Tain" Watts is an American jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.

Biography

Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny Kirkland when they were on tour in Florida and drove past a Chieftain gas station. He was given a Guggenheim fellowship in music composition in 2017. Watts attended Berklee College of Music, where he met collaborator Branford Marsalis.

Discography

As leader

Megawatts Citizen Tain Bar Talk Detained at the Blue Note Folks Songs Watts Family Blue, Vol. 1 Blue, Vol. 2
  • ''Detained in Amsterdam''

As sideman

With John BeasleyLetter to Herbie Positootly!
With Paul BollenbackDouble Gemini Soul Grooves Double Vision Dreams
With Michael BreckerTwo Blocks from the Edge Time Is of the Essence
With Joey CalderazzoSimply Music Joey Calderazzo
With Charles Fambrough'The Proper Angle The Charmer
With Kenny GarrettSongbook Simply Said
With Jimmy GreeneForever Flowers Beautiful Life Vol. 2
With David GilmoreUnified Presence Numerology Live at Jazz Standard
With Conrad HerwigOsteology Unseen Universe Land of Shadow Reflections
With Stanley JordanCornucopia Live in New York
With David KikoskiThe Maze Almost Twilight Combinations Surf's Up The Five Mostly Standards Consequences
With Joe LockeBeauty Burning Storytelling
With Branford MarsalisScenes in the City Royal Garden Blues Random Abstract Trio Jeepy Crazy [People Music (album)|Crazy People Music] Mo' Better Blues The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born I Heard You Twice the First Time Bloomington The Dark Keys Requiem Contemporary Jazz Footsteps of Our Fathers Romare Bearden Revealed A Love Supreme Live Eternal Braggtown Metamorphosen
With Ellis Marsalis Jr.'Ellis Marsalis Trio Whistle Stop
With Wynton MarsalisWynton Marsalis Think of One Hot House Flowers Black Codes (From the Underground) J Mood Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live at Blues Alley Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in [Southern Blue, Vol. 1]
With Mingus Big BandTonight at Noon... Three or Four Shades of Love Mingus [Big Band Live at Jazz Standard]
With Greg OsbyArt Forum Channel Three
With Makoto OzoneLive & Let Live Love for Japan My Witch's Blue
With Danilo PerezPanamonk Central Avenue
With Courtney PineThe Vision's Tale Within the Realms of Our Dreams Underground
With Robert StewartIn the Gutta The Force
With Sadao WatanabeParker's Mood Tokyo Dating
With Warren WolfBlack Wolf Convergence
With others